Improvement in washing-machines



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Letters Patent No. 94,287, dated August 3l, 1869..

IMPRQVL'MENT nv WAsHINMAcHrNns.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all Iwhom 'it 'may concern.

Be it known that I, HERR-MANN Gemme, of Sonora, in the county ofTuolumne, and State of California, have invented a new and improvedWashing-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the,`art to make and use the same, reference being had totheaccompanying drawing, forming part ot' this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for washing clothes,having for its object to provide a simple, cheap, and ecient apparatus.

l t consists in an enlargement of a grooved rotating cylinder' in asnitabl tube and operating-mechanism.

The drawing represents a side elevation of my irnproved machine, a partbeing broken out.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a. cylinder, which l prefer to make hollow, and ofsheet-metal, with a grooved periphery, and having longitudinal slots atthe salient angles oi the grooves. A t

This cylinder is mounted on horizontaljournals, in a casing or tub, B,also made of metal, one oi' the said journals being provided with apinion, C, into which a. sector-wheel, l), works, which is attached insuitable bearings at the side ofthe tub, andprovided with a handle, E,whereby vibratory motion is imparted'l to it, and from it to thecylinder, through the wheeLC.

The clothes are placed within the cylinder, through adoor,'11`, in theface thereof', hinged, and securely hooked when closed.

They are thus moved from side to-. side over the grooved shell of thecylinder, and a gent-le rubbing action imparted to them, the waterrising in the cylinder sufiieiently to immerse the clothes.

I propose to attach a tire-place, G, at the bottom of-the tub, forheating the water therein, which may be made of double walls, H I, tocause a circulation ot' water through the space, between the saiddonblewalls.

A slot, li, is arranged in the side of the tub, for the ready insertionor removal of the cylinder when 1equired.

Having thus described my invention,

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-ent, is

The heater G, and the grooved, hollow, and slotted cylinder A, arrangedin the tub B, and provided with the operatingwheels C D, and hand-leverE, all substantially as specified.

'itnesses: HERRMANN GRAMER.

GUs'rAv S. Rnu'rnn, TRUMAN ORnssE'r'r.

